I can beat a bluff

FlyingStart · #1 02-25-2007, 05:28 PM

Villain is sLAG. We have had some ugly encounters before and by now we are mixing it up more than the cards and situations really dictate. I give him a really wide range after calling the button here, and I expect him to play back a fair bit on the flop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $10 BB (6 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Button ($2208)
SB ($1223)
BB ($2303)
Hero ($1057)
MP ($1393)
CO ($925)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Hero raises to $35, 2 folds, Button calls $35, 2 folds.

Flop: ($85) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $60, Button raises to $155, Hero calls $95.

Turn: ($395) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: ($395) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $245, Hero calls?

psuasskicker · #2 02-25-2007, 06:17 PM

You wanna call a quarter of a stack hoping he's got hearts and doesn't have a pair with them?

SOOOOO many hands beat you. You're basically hoping he's got like 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] or something stupid like that. blah... No thanks.

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Parlay Slow · #3 02-25-2007, 06:19 PM

nm

AJFenix · #4 02-25-2007, 06:41 PM

How about sticking it in? Set and J9 are very unlikely. I think the only hands left he could call with are 56hh/96hh or nonheart variants that decided to raise the flop . I think he folds just about everything else, and given his range is as wide as it is I have a hard time picturing a push being anything but +EV.

FlyingStart · #5 02-25-2007, 06:43 PM

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How about sticking it in? Set and J9 are very unlikely. I think the only hands left he could call with are 56hh/96hh or nonheart variants that decided to raise the flop . I think he folds just about everything else, and given his range is as wide as it is I have a hard time picturing a push being anything but +EV.

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kickin myself for not thinking of this [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

psuasskicker · #6 02-25-2007, 08:21 PM

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How about sticking it in? Set and J9 are very unlikely. I think the only hands left he could call with are 56hh/96hh or nonheart variants that decided to raise the flop . I think he folds just about everything else, and given his range is as wide as it is I have a hard time picturing a push being anything but +EV.

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What can he put Hero on here? I would be heavily inclined to call with some very mediocre hands just cause I have a really hard time putting Hero on anything here...that move would look a LOT like a bluff.

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AJFenix · #7 02-25-2007, 08:28 PM

J9, top two, even a set? This is a super standard value line nowadays, although its being used as a bluff plenty (by some) as well, certainly, but saying you'd call with marginals because you have a hard time putting Hero on anything is silly.

Parlay Slow · #8 02-25-2007, 08:37 PM

I think AJ's suggestion of shoving is very good

aejones · #9 02-25-2007, 08:40 PM

CRAI is sooo much better than check calling the river.

psuasskicker · #10 02-25-2007, 08:51 PM

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J9, top two, even a set? This is a super standard value line nowadays, although its being used as a bluff plenty (by some) as well, certainly, but saying you'd call with marginals because you have a hard time putting Hero on anything is silly.

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Sorry, just can't. Set playing that weak? meh... I don't see many single flop pairs calling the flop that'd two-pair up. J9 maybe...MAYBE...but anything really strong not betting that river seems mega-risky to me.

Looks way too much like a missed something that doesn't want a show-down.

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